Historiated- adj.- Adorned with the figures of humans or animals, often with foliage, and often for narrative purposes. Used especially of initial letters in manuscripts and of the capitals of columns.

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Shoulder clasps with interlace, animal imagery, and geometric patterning from the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo (modern-day Suffolk, England), early 7th c. Image taken from ARTstor. Click through the photo for a larger image.

Shoulder clasps with interlace, animal imagery, and geometric patterning from the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo (modern-day Suffolk, England), early 7th c. Image taken from ARTstor. Click through the photo for a larger image.

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